Nex' Town

Nex' Town is a 1957 Australian musical which premiered at the Independent Theatre.[2] It was directed by Haydee Seldon and presented by Peter Scriven.[3]

Nex' Town
MusicIris Mason
Hal Saunders[1]
LyricsIris Mason
Hal Saunders
BookKylie Tennant
Maurice Travers
Premiere30 October 1957: Independent Theatre, Sydney Australia

Scriven said he chose to do a show about travelling show people because "they are broad and typical."[4] He arranged for the show to be put together.[5]

Premise

The story of a travelling road show who get stranded in Youanmi, a small Western Australia gold town.

Select Songs
  • "A Man's Mad"
  • "Shootin' Through"
  • “Nex’ Town,”
  • “The Plot Song”
  • “Hullo, Joe”

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald called it "probably the best Australian made musical yet staged here."[6]

The Jewish Times said "The Aussie flavor desperately weaves throughout like the illustrated smell from a freshly cooked pie in animated cartoon."[7]

The Bulletin called it "a delightful musical comedy... musically, the show has been remarkably well served by Iris Mason and Hal Saunders with a string of insistently tuneful ditties."[8]

References
  1. "PERSONAL ITEMS", The bulletin., John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues)., Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 78 (4052), 9 Oct 1957 [1880], ISSN 0007-4039, nla.obj-697319010, retrieved 23 August 2023 – via Trove
  2. "Women's Letters SYDNEY", The bulletin., John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues)., Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 78 (4049), 18 Sep 1957 [1880], ISSN 0007-4039, nla.obj-697291073, retrieved 23 August 2023 – via Trove
  3. Grant, Bruce (12 October 1957). "Another score for the Australian playwright". The Age. p. 19.
  4. "Musical comedy seeks to cause turmoil". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 October 1957. p. 2. (subscription required)
  5. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "Peter SCRIVEN STUDIO PORTRAIT", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 19 No. 41 (9 October 1957)), nla.obj-1334227196, retrieved 23 August 2023 – via Trove
  6. "Premiere of "Nex' Town"". The Sydney Morning Herald. 31 October 1957. p. 6. (subscription required)
  7. "Art, Theatre & Music Review NEX' TOWN". The Australian Jewish Times. Vol. 65, no. 20. New South Wales, Australia. 15 November 1957. p. 7. Retrieved 23 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "SUNDRY SHOWS Stage and Music", The bulletin., John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues)., Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 78 (4056), 6 Nov 1957 [1880], ISSN 0007-4039, nla.obj-697595254, retrieved 23 August 2023 – via Trove
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